| Browse this collection | This entry describes an individual archive record or file. Click here to browse the full catalogue for this collection |
| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5723/1/2 |
| Title | Diary |
| Date | Oct 1913 - Oct 1915 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Maria Gyte of Sheldon, innkeeper and farmer's wife |
| Term | First World War (1914-1918) |
| Diaries |
| Image | 
|
| Transcript or Index | Extract [1914]
Aug 4th Rather gloomy at times. Men working in the hay
Mr&Mrs (Waterlands) Wm mowed croft heads.
Ball & Nothing can be talked about but the "war
family This has come on so suddenly. 1st Austria & Servia [Serbia]
went home Then Russia mobilise This does not please
Germany & she invades France before war
is declared. England has ?forefit for peace
built it is feared that she will have to fight
as Germany is proving very aggresive
Sir Edward Grey's speech in paper this morning
Wm also mowed Little Butts
England declared war on Germany |
| Useful Links | https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/treasure-32-the-wartime-diaries-of-maria-gyte/ |
| Useful Links Description | This document is number 32 in Derbyshire Record Office’s “50 Treasures” selection. For more information, click the link below. |